Before They Were Stars
Try to Guess These Big-Time Ballers Before They Were NBA Stars
Take a look at what some of the best NBA stars of the court were like before they became big-time ballers... By Brett Singer
Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library (left); Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images (right)
Dwyane Wade—Now
School Years: Like his idol Michael Jordan, Wade didn’t get much attention as a sophomore, but that changed after he shot up four inches before his junior year at Chicago’s Harold L. Richards High School.
Big Break: After leading Marquette to the Final Four in 2003, he decided to skip his senior year and enter the NBA draft. He’s been with Miami ever since.
Snakkle Snippet: Vin Getz, a columnist at Bleacher Report, tells Snakkle that Wade is “the true leader of the Miami Heat.”
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